particle
noun
uk/ˈpɑː.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈpɑːr.t̬ə.kəl/particlenoun(GRAMMAR)
[C]
a word or apartof a word that has agrammaticalpurposebut often has little or nomeaning:
小品词,语助词In thesentence"Itidiedup theroom", theadverb"up" is a particle.在句子 I tidied up the room 中,副词 up 是个小品词。
- Aphrasalverbis averbconsisting of averbplusa particle.
- He often comes out with thewrongparticle.
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominal
- nominative
- predicatively
- premodifier
- quantifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntax
- uncountable
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Linguistics: morphology & parts of words
particlenoun(SMALL PIECE)
C2[C]
anextremelysmallpieceof something such asdust,dirt, orsand:
Dust particles must have got into themotor.发动机里一定是进灰了。
Iffeelsas though particles ofsandarescratchingthesurfaceofyoureyes.
smokeparticles
[C]physicsspecialized
anextremelysmallpieceofmatter, that together withothersmakes up anatom:
Electrons areatomicparticles.电子是原子粒子。
[S]
a verysmallamountof something:
极小量She wouldn't give meeventheslightestparticle ofinformationabout what she'd been doing.对于她所做的事情,她一丁点消息都不会透露给我。
Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a noseidiom
- clipping
- crumb
- dab
- dash
- dollop
- grain
- hint
- oddments
- paring
- peewee
- pinch
- potsherd
- skinny
- spark
- swatch
- tad
- thimbleful
- tidbit
- tiddler
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Physics: atoms, molecules & sub-atomic particles